Energy stocks gain; First Solar up 46%

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Energy stocks gained Tuesday, one of the brighter points among U.S. equities after Alcoa Inc. kicked off the first-quarter earnings season with profit that topped Wall Street expectations and revenue that disappointed.

U.S.-listed shares of Royal Dutch Shell PLC
RDS.A, +0.19%
rose 0.6%. Shell is in talks with shareholders and the Czech Republic to sell its 16% stakes in the largest refinery in the country, according to local media.

Among a handful of energy stocks in the red, Range Resources Corp.
RRC, -1.28%
shares were off 0.7%.

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